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Season's worth of yard waste to come to landfill

A deal between Deffenbaugh Industries and the city of Omaha means yard waste will continue to go the landfill all summer.

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Updated: 10:27 PM CDT Jul 21, 2015

Season's worth of yard waste to come to landfill

A deal between Deffenbaugh Industries and the city of Omaha means yard waste will continue to go the landfill all summer.

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Updated: 10:27 PM CDT Jul 21, 2015

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WEBVTT 66 DEGREES AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING, A GOOD DAY FOR A MORNING JOG. BRANDI: DID YOU KNOW YOUR YARD WASTE IS GOING TO A LANDFILL ALL SUMMER? ROB: THAT'S THE DEAL BETWEEN DEFFENBAUGH AND THE CITY OF OMAHA, AFTER PICKUP DELAYS. BRANDI: SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE COMPOST SITE? KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S ALEXANDRA STONE MAKES A VISIT TO FIND OUT. ALEXANDRA: GRINDING UP GRASS AND LEAVES. IT WILL BE PACKED AND THOSE WILL BE TURNED INTO LARGE COMPOST. ALEXANDRA FILLING BAGS WITH : OMA-GRO COMPOST. IT IS A GREAT NATURAL RESOURCE. ALEXANDRA GORDON ANDERSON : OVERSEES THE CITY'S COMPOST SITE, TAKING YARD WASTE FROM CITY COLLECTORS AND TURNING IT INTO FUEL FOR CITY PROPERTIES. AND FOR YOUR YARD. BUT THINGS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE THIS SUMMER WHEN THE YARD WASTE STOPPED COMING IN. NOW A SEASON'S WORTH OF YARD WASTE WILL COME HERE TO THE LANDFILL, ALL PART OF A DEAL WITH DEFFENBAUGH TO HELP THE COMPANY CATCH UP ON COLLECTIONS. ANDERSON SAYS THEY'RE WORKING TO PROCESS WHAT THEY GOT BEFORE DEFFENBAUGH STOPPED BRINGING YARD WASTE. AND THEY'RE STARTING ON PROJECTS THAT WOULD NORMALLY WAIT TILL FALL, LIKE TURNING OVER COMPOST THAT'S BEEN COOKING ON THE YARD. IT'S SOMETHING CITYCOUNCIL MAN PETE FESTERSEN HAS VOICED CONTINUED CONCERN ABOUT -- SAYING OMAHA IS FALLING BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO COMPOST AND RECYCLING. PETE: THOSE THINGS WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, WE NEED TO RECYCLE AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE. AND HOPEFULLY NOT KEEP TAKING OUR YARD WASTE TO THE LANDFILL. ALEXANDRA: HE SELLS THE COMPOST, HE IS ONE OF MORE THAN 100 VENDORS ACROSS THE STATE. WE CAN GET 20 PALLETS OF IT AM A THERE ARE ABOUT 180 BACK. WE GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT. ALEXANDRA: GORDON SAYS THEY SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO LAST THROUGH . GORDON: WE HAVE ABOUT 35,000 TONS OF MATERIAL THAT SHOULD CARRY IT THROUGH.

Season's worth of yard waste to come to landfill

A deal between Deffenbaugh Industries and the city of Omaha means yard waste will continue to go the landfill all summer.